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f course it wonU! be exceed iii;_^ly ! is safe.. Ilow earnestly Christians nray ‘say, Ibr years clfv;th'.« terrors iiave no',
:-ult for tiioso Avith vouncr., and i (»r a safe escape iroin the world and ! d onbhd _\ on, ioi ''' '
' ; , I /■ 1 i provisiun.s oi urracc ;ii c more tnan ni
hreihren aii-i frienda. I Oi
It is perhaps always im])ort;uit todiifilci , _ ,,, , _ ^
trace tlte (stnneclion of scripture. The i tiio.te that give suck, in such days, t« | that their flight may be suceessftd.-- ;
»^^hject matter, and tliat whicii pro-^ make their escape by flight. Hence i For Jesus-shall send his angels ^^”d | exactly. Foi'abom
«cde.s and succeeds, is often of in.nch woe or suffering and ]>crhaps death - shail gather his elect from the four j years death lias ocen to me
aid in throwing out at least a histor-| to- them. The Savior Oreteds the i winds, from one end of heaven to the | sweet thought, i have notdreadf^
ka! li'^'ht, whi-ch is worth .sometliing i awfcrl doom of J
in its place, lor the scriptures liave : his follower;
»uch a relation. 1 which wesnppo.se they did, for
m of Jeru.salcm, and alarm.s | other, and notone that truly follows | jt h.r one nromeut that i can w eo
’ ;,. , „ . ■ T . ! • xi ^ ) o licet, bi’.t t look lorward uitn plca.-
^i'(j r-(-) pi^ake tlu'ir escaut' ' trini sna.l perish. IjCt irim tiiai oatn ' , • _ , lUx. i i.,,,
„is u) raiKc tm.u iscapt.,, i , . . . ; urc and swcet surprise to Ine najip
we i nu ea
The o'-easion om which these words ; judge that no followers of Jesus per- the churehes.
were uttered was furnished by the ■ i.shcd in the destruction ofperverted
iiisci'phrs eaiiiug their Lord’s attention
wiek'cd Jerusalem. T'iiis much for
w> tne'i'empie. upon vidiich he tells j the literal part and the Jeru.salern
them thiit the day shall come when j that then was.
Mot one stone siiaii be left upon anoth- ! As the Jew-s that corrupted their
iliat the mas.d ve beawtifui .stone.-; of | temv/le and the wonship of God, and
fisal .glorious temple shall all be I defileil their garments, and met with
turn.vn down. lS"o‘dou!>t tiiis sur-j a terrible overthrow, so wicked men
prised tiie.s-c the discij)les—for ! in nature and especially teachers and
they ail admired tlie great tem[)le. ; believers of false religion have prr-
i'iie disci[flc go to Jesus privately j verted the way of truth, .and a day is
snd ask w.icu sliall these thiug.s be, j appointed for the destrnetinn of this
«:!i what shall lie the sign of hrs j entire world, T ey shall he eating
.,>imiiig, and of the end of the worhi ?
ar hear wiiat tne iipiiit .saith to | moifjgi-ji; when i can !■ c.ve this world
of sin and woo, to join the saints
above, and rny deur .Rfslcemer. Dear
brother and si.ster, it seems to me
haven’t a don’ht hut that i will
happy when I leave this world, a;,
yet I dare not say i kno'-y lain a child
ol’God; but, I have no fear of future
TOM MUNI GATED.
Jesus caution.s tlumi to beware of tfe-
♦11 vcr.s—sav.s there sh.aH be Aval's &c ,
tiiat liie'. siial! be per.seeuisd, iiiiiiuity
♦hail aboum.c.aitd many proa.-ssel dis-
«,;.iies thcreiorc sha 1 w.ax cold, bnt
l-luiV lie tiuu shall endure unto the end
♦ haii be savei ; and this gos|i«l snail
bt?, prc;u’hcl in ail the w.irld for a
Witness, and then sliall the end com-.-,
that is the end of the Jewi h heavens
«r world, the dcstruetiou of the tem
ple, and of Jerusalem, I he scattering
♦ the Jews, and the greatest sorrow
♦ i'cr known.
H‘ givc-s them a sign ; “when ye
thereloj-e see tin abomination o
dcsoiiuiou s: o';eu of by Daniel tfic
J^'piuj, !-x:mif in the holy plv-
and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, nnfil then.
^Vhen that great dav shall enmr no
true disHp’e nnll wish to take anv-
thing of this ivorld with him, nor
Mu’i] he wd.sli to turn back to the
world. Deliverance siiaii be wrought
for all the elect family of God. IdieA'
.sliall b'ave ('vervthing of this world
behind—the gates of glory shal' l^e
thrmwn wid’e open to nsTive them,
and they shall rest in the Ho’v Mount
in tlie .Tcrnsalem aliove. The verv
elements shall mi'ltwith fervent heat,
.and the nillars of the earth shall !«'
destroyed, hence they shall leav""* all.
Then sliall be mik' hi tho-e with
I vonng, and to those that give
I ‘
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•k. These nrof('sso;-» irf relit
Opei.ik.a, Ae.arama, j
Fcliruaiy 25th, 1874. j
ffWrr r. D. Gold:—
Owing to some' sufferings 1 have
not been able to- attend my meetings
except in one mile of home within
Fifteen months past. For the .same
reason T haam not written m reply
to .sMveril lett'Ts from brethren who
have refi[nested me to write, either
privately to them, or for the L.4XD-
MvRK.S. xVs a reply to some of these
miac.sts von will please iw-pablish an
a^'tiole in IjAtroMARKS of February
1SG.‘--—page. SO—texrt ! Tim J:
1. I wmnkl Ih' glad to- hi^ve a letter
from a«j of the dear hrethien «r sis
ters at any time, though I may not
be able to reply. Affectionately,
W. M. MitcmkIxL.
iuokcnol'is the (orrnpt destroying;
ilom.ui power or ariuy. Tiie Komans
-were great piigiuis, icurned ami elo-
♦punt, b.ut \v( rship|)ing false giKis,
jii'ond and brave, bii-t bold to ;rnsh
out and kill. It then was an alxc.nl-
riiilloi! and it scattcrcHl de-solation in
iti-i liloo.'iv march, liiis Ivoimmu ar-
»iv sic u’li .stand in tiie Iuma' place
whiih '.va
s Jei iis-al'eiH, and it sho-uhl
Jisc'. i)l(s
«-i'.-cs (hem the sign
Jo K) hc'.ore the end of the gencraiun
then livim'r, before the deatli of the
vin-g there. Jesus thcreiorc
that when tiiey
ehould see Jerusidem invested and
«ompns.sed with the Roman anuies
thev s'uould at once Fee from Jernsa-
lein and esi'ape to the monntMins.—
Tiicy should not take anything wirii
tliem. Ifoncwas in the fk‘ld he
»hmdd not even go back to vlte eity
*»r hishoii.se, but escape for his life.
It was ini'pcrtant that tiieir flight
•hoiild not be in winter during cold
wrvH'C weather, when it would hedis-
fressinv in the momihdns,, nor should
it be on the Habbath day, for then the
gfUes of the citie.s were tastened uj) so
they could not flee. Suelb. sliould be
the sufl'cring then that unless tha.se
Jav« of suffering should be .«horlenel
Ko llesb should be saved, but for the
♦bx't’s sake th«ao-day«.shjSill be short
en skI.
DAVISVILLE, J
Bucks Gouki’y, Pa.,
DtHieiwiier JOth, 1873.)
Irr?/ Dmr Brotitfr nnd Suirr inkope:
—Dearest lir-itlier, pardon my «eg-
ect and forgive me for not sending
COM vonr iMonev wbich was.dHc near-
i\' four njoHth» ago, l>at I have ju-^t
f 1 r so add. and iadiffr.rent to .spirit ivi!
, • CM • X . 1 , I t Th i'S, so iHsiimes, to it T hawoof
Lho .so remit til iiim nndei'stano., ’ '(* • "" Cpiris., p'^ ■ | Hi^iikc wr.ti.-.g a M'ord (« airv mic.
Ticm let the.>. which lie in Judea fits- there, and; who give sM.'k to ti ei-j that docs ir
into the mounfoins” Ge.,. offspring, who -all themselves ped-
, . c I w i X tat lid's ami gv>d-mother s, avrfl i ro-
riie abo:n;;)a.tion of desolation here j" ’ y
fe.ws tsi have swell jx>wd* of bcanug
ehilW.rcH or ofeonvertiHg th*' wo!-ld,
who are comtia.ssiug se.'A and land to
ma!;e pn)sclytt*s, who are burdcHPil
with tlieir giest hosts of followers
dejK-'iident on them for their su •!
and life, will l«i in a poor pl'ght to
Fee in that great day when the ea)»-
tains, and mighty men, and great
men, and every iKim'lman, and e\'erv
frwnau shall (“m!I on the rocks and
moMiitams to fail on them and hivh-
them from the face ofliim that setteto over I think it
on the throne, -and from the wrath oi of the best meeting.s i ever was
the Lamb, 1 at, and iam ('aihal to tears ;.nml then
' I wonder why it is—if t am not a
child of God wiiy does this feeling
I * r-.'p >nd with mine'? i believe i
ish. Tiicy themselves suck at the j | (-hildrcii of God if I know
true breasts of consolation, and j who they are. And, w is i mistaKcn
have rccctcrd a-spiritual birth of God, i luet yon au-1 dear bro.her
. , J].- 1 \ I
Imt h:ive not om to ofjirni,
while the Jerusaiem that is in Ixmd-
pnnishmo.it, or of meeting an angry
God. Ah. no! lie is a God of love to
me, and that dremiftil hell which
men picture to u,-. .som-.'times does not
tron'iie me a pu ti‘ie. hut i liave ju.st
_ot enough hc.l in my b'lrsom, dear
h.otlicr, when r gi't c'.'o,S'. and angrv,
u d fed rcA'e.-ige toward a fellovv-
uortal. t Hs cl U) dre d tlie pangs of
Ic'fith wh"ii I w.ts litth'. T think dear
b.other and sister tliat .5 thui sufL.'i'ed
IS much mental depression on account
of mv .sinfulm-.“s and wic-kedtusis as
my one pos.sihlv eould, for I'eally I
ielt somc'time.s when I was ten or
twelve vc-ars old as if i would almost
nieraay. I felt like it would be al-
nost imj>o.ssible for me to Ik* S'sved,
;ior had' I any idea how my salvation
*(>n d lie eomplctwl. t well remem-
icr one Sunday night when we were
dl at koine sitting in the room talk-
ng ho-v good mv precious mo.her
WtS, aad ieeling that s'le would be
s-avf*d. r thought, wdl if i live . i
1C Mine ycare old i can join tlic Old
Bapti-t eitureh and then r wou'd gc't
o iu'avm too. IJttle did I think
lieu that before I wa.s sixteen years
old tl'.at r would be buried in the
•vV'itiM'v gi'avc and bcviom ' a m;vii!!‘“i'
d'the Old Baptist c.liurch. But I
I lavg ;A ■ Oc-'i-r-’- 1 ho!.’'-,yiiat_|(.i:i:;ig
-aid .-him-ii will not suce me norlake
.ue to le aven — w.ithout the predoii^s
iilood (it Ghrist, wliK'h is sullicicni to
elesnse from all .slim
B.'othcr G-ild,. why haven’t vou
been up to visit us ? r thought you
■,vere coming. Elder Pnrrington lias
been do'o n to see you. iS'o'-v it’s your
turn to (‘ome up. i missed yon ami
dear broth.er Rc;.-pe.ss hist Spring at
onr A.S.-S-ciatiou, but we ha-l a de
lightful meeting.
Avn'a a. .-\iiius.
■m
ASSOCTA'JTONAL.
The righteous are scar“e v .saved,
and have no oil to spare to tiie fool-
age trlih her dnldren ( Hngar and her
children,) attem-jiting to make an im
itation t(> Saridi and the ehiUiren of
promise, .shal' be left to the overfioiv-
ing sco'irge cf .bitrii ition.
But every one born in Jerusalem in
deed, leaves this eorrniit world in his
affei-tions, and flee.s out from under
the law, and esea’pes from the corrup
tions of the systems of human work
for salvation, and leave.s everything
behind '.t' Kc flees to t’tgrifg *
iMt judifi/ IOC-
in '«gglcA'ti.ug (lull/ ; yet I !('e! th.st yon
liAveaheait tlint can forgive your
'irin-g litth' si.'tcM-. Oh ! dear brolli
er, if you onic knew how bad i am.
row would, tliink i oHght not be al-
f ioweif the privilege-of reading your
goo.l litt!‘LvXDM.AUics,and thefS'iya.s’
.-■uid the-'preeiou.s Bible. I d‘> not ap
p.cs'iare these privilege.^, m;u1 for a
prcKifofiti can .-xay, often times I
m'elect reading them, not liecause i
■ i()!i'’l love them and tlie doctrine they
iioid forth. I liaveii’t so much trmi
iilc tmlv about my ifuldfcren&e to the
c«iw* of tiu h, and I cannot tell: why
it is .so. Sometimes i go to meetii-g M.-VYuO, 4 he next session ol tnif
teeliug little or no intere.-^t in it; hut, j Association is apjxiiuted to lie held
with th(> cliureli at Gle.ir Springs,
seven miles North East of Gc'nn in-
town, t'itokes, G’ounty N. C., so ue
twenty miles North of S.dem, and
about ei^rliteen miles No"i.h We.st
trom Kernersville, on tiie Salem and
Grcciisbiiro Railroad, ’rue As.-iocia-
tion will commence on Saturday be--
fore the third .Sunday in *May 187-k
and eonlimie three day.s.
Bi-ethren are recp.iested to visit.
R. W. {Iiuu.
xMARRIED.
Res;less uj) here?
1,1 xl,
I think not. i
think 1 could see the sign of lieirship
•ail ' ' ' -- I -X .
I reiafmnship in yon both—you
appca.'c-i so li-i n m; ;
' ' -ill 1 cpiiid-like
the
who could iieip loving you for
tru!h’.-( sake ?
Well, dc'ar brother and sister, since
I last wiot-‘ vo.i my mind has been
calm and my lioi'c linn. 1 have cm-
joved m my h.iurs of swe-‘t paaaie and
meditation iiot'-vithstaackK^' all my
indifference', and puobabtv i enjoy
life (svith tiie swe-et hope of glorious
resureeetioii fronir, foi-iouid death) as
well as any ony.. .Vnd, dear brotht*r
Gold, I iio.uiiiit' in vour precious letter
t(? me OetofoT., IQih,. 1872,—-you
Itv Klik-1- .laraiirt S. Dam-iron, o;i do- 5di r^'
March,187-1,at the bride’s Fath'i-’n M-. .laiUM
i-1. Cobb, of Edgecombe ('.ounty, X. C., to Mitw
.Vannie M. Ilarri.-i of K^K-kiugbain Cansnty,
N. 0.
ALISA
At th(> ,=amo time and place Mr. Joks
dayar of Hiiiggold, Vi., to xMim Jlnnie M.
tiarriii, of (loaoty, N.. G.
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